252 BC

Also known as 252 BCE

year

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Part of: 250s BC
Followed by: 251 BC
Follows: 253 BC

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category for births in this time period: Category:252 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:252 BC deaths
Commons category: 252 BC
topic's main category: Category:252 BC
point in time: 0252-01-01

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 252 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cotta and Geminus (or, less frequently, year 502 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 252 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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